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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 675 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Split and add the meanings): un- and dis- mean “not”: unkind = not kind, disobey = not obey. re- means “again”: rewrite = write again. pre- means “before”: preheat = heat before. mis- means “wrongly”: misspell = spell wrongly. Split the word, then put the two meanings together.

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  1. 1.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  5. 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) rewell
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  14. 14.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  15. 15.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  19. 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  20. 20.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) replace (d) displace
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  27. 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) disunderstand
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  29. 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
  30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  34. 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  35. 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) misview (d) preview
  36. 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) repay
  37. 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  38. 38.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  40. 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again

Answer key

  1. not common
  2. behave wrongly
  3. pre-
  4. misuse
  5. rewrite
  6. unusual
  7. dis-
  8. unwell
  9. re-
  10. understand wrongly
  11. not agree
  12. mis-
  13. untidy
  14. not respect
  15. read wrongly
  16. un-
  17. not loyal
  18. uncommon
  19. dishonest
  20. fill again
  21. misplace
  22. not honest
  23. cook before
  24. recheck
  25. disobey
  26. view before
  27. misunderstand
  28. unhappy
  29. rebuild
  30. revisit
  31. unkind
  32. join again
  33. not tidy
  34. not equal
  35. preview
  36. prepay
  37. lead wrongly
  38. write again
  39. judge wrongly
  40. count wrongly

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